Welcome to the home page of the Labrador
Retriever Kennel Club in South Africa. We are affiliated to the Kennel Union of Southern Africa (KUSA). The LRKC is the only dog club dedicated exclusively to the interests
of Labrador Retrievers in South Africa.

We are not just here for the specialist
breeder, show exhibitor or obedience and field trial competitor, but also for the pet owner who
has a passion for the well-being of Labrador Retrievers.

All photographs. graphics and written material on this website it protected by copyright. Please do not copy and use material elsewhere. Should you want to obtain ANY material for personal use, please contact the Club Secretary, Genevieve Alberts or the Chairman, Renier Jansen van Vuuren

eLabLines 2014Download the Electronic version of the 2014 LRKC Year Book

THE LABRADOR RETRIEVER IN SOUTH AFRICALabrador Retriever Kennel Club The First 50 Years

Copies of the PRESENTATIONS, NOTES AND VOICE RECORDINGS of the 2013 LRKC BREEDER CONFERENCE, HELD ON 9 MARCH 2013 can still be ordered from Renier Jansen van Vuuren (renier@labradors.co.za)!

A booklet with slides and notes (R100) and a DVD (R50) is available. The booklet and DVD compliment each other and it is recommended to order both. This carries extremely valuable information for breeders. Topics discussed at the conference:

Health Considerations and Testing Prior to Breeding

The Bitch in Season and Timing of the Mating

The Stud Dog and Mating Problems

Artificial Reproductive Techniques

Good and Bad Breeding Practices

Feeding Labradors

The Science of Breeding

Breeding Techniques for the Serious Breeder

Health Care for the Brood Bitch and Litter

Importance of the Early Environment and Temperament Essessments in Puppies

A booklet is also available, printed in full colour, with photographs of a comparison of the UK/KUSA and American KC Labrador Retriever Breed Standards with comment by Mary Roslin Williams (R80)

Webmaster contact details:
renier@labradors.co.za
082 604 5836
Please submit all adverts, brags, updates and kindly report content and technical errors on the website to the Webmaster via e-mail. Please allow for at least 1 week for updates and adverts submitted to the Webmaster to be uploaded on the website.

View and Download Full Photo GalleryKindly respect copyright to the photos - should you wish to acquire full size best quality copies of any of the photos listed in the gallery, please contact Renierrather than trying to copy from the PDF file. For as small fee payable to the LRKC these are available to you.

The LRKC wishes to express its sincere appreciation to our Main Sponsor for 2018, WUMA! and thank you to the lovely Mrs Charmaine Rose pictured below (L) with LRKC President, Mrs Jane Pott, for spending the day with us. WUMA! sponsored a prize for every placement in this Open Show and donated all left over prizes to the Labrador Rescue! Please contact Charmaine for more information about WUMA! dog food.

Photo collections for each stake can be viewed by opening a LINK TO THE PDF VIEW SHEET for each stake below. These are copyright protected - please do not copy from the PDF View Sheets - that would be illegal AND you will only obtain poor quality photographs this way. Best possible quality and full size (>20MB) digital copies each photograph can be purchased at very reasonable price and by purchasing it legally you will support the LRKC.Cost for the first photograph is R20 for Club Members and R25 for non-club members. In contrast to a bar service, ordering doubles, triples or a whole crate will save you - if you are a member of the LRKC, doubles will cost R35 and triples R50. Thereafter, the 4th or more photographs will cost R10 for every additional photograph. For non-members two photographs will cost R45, 3 will cost R65 and thereafter R15 for each additional photograph. It may therefore be worth your while to become a member of the LRKC if you are not yet a member! We have lots of photographs of previous years' LRKC FTs, as well as the 2016 Champions Stake. Please support the LRKC also in this effort. The View Sheets are large documents and will take time to open. If you experience any difficulty to view, please contact Renier (082 604 5836 / renier@labradors.co.za).

How to order photographs of the LRKC Field Trials 2017:

1. Open View Sheets from the links provided below for each Stake

2. Note the number/s indicated below each of the photographs you want to order in an e-mail to Renier (renier@labradors.co.za)

3. You will receive an invoice (see costs above) with account details for payment directly into the LRKC account.

4. Once proof of payment has been received, photographs will be made available via a cloud account for easy download directly to your own computer. You will receive an e-mail with link and password to download the photographs you ordered - no need for memory sticks, CDs or waiting until we see each other again!

Mrs Jane Pott was unanimously re-elected as President of the LRKC for another term. She also continues to serve as full Committee Member for 2017.

The following members were elected to the LRKC Management Committee at the time of the AGM and office bearers elected at the subsequent first Committee Meeting:

MEMBER

CLUB OFFICIALS

ADDITIONAL RESPONSIBILITY

Renier Jansen van Vuuren

Chairman

Website, Club Publications, Show Manager, Show Training

Francois van Rooyen

Vice-Chairman

Dwayne Malcolm

Treasurer

Genevieve Alberts

Club Secretary

Club Publications, LRKC Health Project

Angelique van Rooyen

Field Trial Secretary

Thania Rowan

Membership Secretary

Jane Pott

President

FTLC Representative

Mercia van Tonder

Alan Kloeck

Chester Smant

Elected as new member, but resigned after first Committee Meeting.

Gerhard van Tonder

After a break of two years Gerhard was elected back as non-voting 11th Committee member, but following the resignation of Chester Smant, Gerhard filled the position of a full voting member of the Committee for 2017

We said goodbye to Mr Kevin Pott that served the LRKC as Vice-Chairman, Field Trial Manager and Trophy Secretary for the last three years. We will miss you Kevin, but understand that you wanted to take a break! We sincerely hope that the break will not be for too long? Thank you for what you have done and continue to do for this club. Kevin kindly offered to continue in the role of Trophy Secretary.

Congratulations to all Annual Award Winners, please see LRKC Bulletin Q1 for details of each winner.

Before the show started club members expressed their support and solidarity with our former chairman, Mr Stafford Baker (Marsta), diagnosed with Parkinson's Disease, by wearing silver hats. Dimeche Kennels' Chester Smant and his daughter wore special T-shirts to show their support for Stafford.

We also offer a highly successful “RE-HOMING”
service for Labrador Retrievers in need.

We are a very active dog club so
visit our “CLUB ACTIVITIES” page to find
out what is on our schedule of events this year. You are so welcome to come and introduce yourself to our Committee, or to any Club Member during one of these events. Or simply email and tell us about your joys or concerns about the breed. Please do not hesitate to ask about an event, about acquiring a puppy or the breed in general.

Why not getting to know the breed better and how to best care for the special needs of the Labrador Retriever by joining the LRKC?
Look for a member in your area on the “MEMBERS”
page to chat and get more information. We publish an electronic Quarterly Newsletter, the LRKC Bulletin eas well as an Annual Yearbook, The LAB LINES, with information about LRKC events, results of competitions held by the club and a wealth of information about the breed, its health and well-being.